{"product_id":"werner-graeff","title":"Werner Graeff","description":"Werner Graeff  - painter, graphic artist, typographer,  photographer and sculptor  - is an important  Bauhaus artist and a significant representative of  Constructivism in Germany. Prompted by his friend  Mies van der Rohe he wrote his moving  autobiography \"Hürdenlauf durch das 20.  Jahrhundert\" (The Obstacle Race of the 20th  century), which this volume publishes for the first  time with a representative selection of texts. Werner Graeff ( 1901 - 1978 ) was a student at the  Bauh aus in Weimar and from  1921  a member of the  De Stijl Dutch artists' group. Together with Willi  Baumeister he was also closely associated with the  \"ring neue werbegestalter\" founded in  1927  by Kurt  Schwitters. At an early stage he focused much of his  attent ion on film and photography, but in  1951 after  his return to the Ruhr region from exile in  Switzerland he once again increasingly devoted  himself to his work as an independent artist.  Illustrated with a large number of paintings,  pictograms, multiples, dra wings and graphic works from the artist's estate, this volume leads the reader  through Graeff's life and works and is at the same  time a fascinating journey through the German art  history of the  20 th century.","brand":"Hirmer Verlag GmbH","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42664365948964,"sku":"9783777427973","price":76.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/9734\/0196\/files\/9783777427973.jpg?v=1777356355","url":"https:\/\/thamesandhudson.com.au\/products\/werner-graeff","provider":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}